Arteries in a sentence

This usually arises from a dislodged atherosclerotic plaque in one of the carotid arteries (i.e. two of the four major arteries supplying the brain) or from the vertebral-basilar arteries.

The findings come after another major study found that patients who had microplastics found in their fatty arteries were more likely to have a heart attack, stroke or die when compared to those with plastic-free diseased arteries.

The study considered that every human has different-sized arteries, and found that the smaller arteries rely on fewer days of exercise per week than larger ones to maintain overall health.

Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the tissues, except for pulmonary arteries, which carry blood to the lungs for oxygenation.

As a result, there is a lack of major east-west arteries compared to north-south arteries.

The difference between veins and arteries is their direction of flow (out of the heart by arteries, returning to the heart for veins), not their oxygen content.

The first and second aortic arches regress and forms only the maxillary arteries and stapedial arteries respectively.

The ligature was loosened slightly, which allowed blood from the arteries to come into the arm, since arteries are deeper in the flesh than the veins.

There is significant variation between people in the anatomy of the arteries that supply the heart sfn The arteries divide at their furtherst reaches into smaller branches that join together at the edges of each arterial distribution.

Atherosclerosis is the cholesterol plaque in the walls of arteries, causing obstruction of blood flow.

Cold temperatures may increase blood pressure while simultaneously constricting the coronary arteries.

During CT scans of the fractured toe, doctors discovered two blocked arteries.

He had been treated at a local hospital in Tenerife and had three stents inserted in his coronary arteries and was placed on medication referred to as dual anti-platelet therapy.

I didn’t manage to eat all the meat from the head, otherwise my arteries probably would have clogged up.

In recounting the gruesome manner in which the woman was killed, Berbice High Court Judge, Simone Morris-Ramlall, said that Hunt attacked his partner in broad daylight with a knife, attacking her in such a manner that her carotid arteries were severed.

I was told that it sounded like angina, chest pain that’s caused by reduced blood flow to the heart and was sent for an angiogram – a kind of X-ray that can examine the arteries around the heart – at Worcester Royal Hospital.

My next consultation revealed good news – the angiogram showed no clogged arteries, so surgery would just require an aortic valve replacement.

New research indicates that magnesium deficiency is linked with inflammation of the arteries, increasing the risk of high blood pressure.

On the opposite side, unsaturated fats may help lower cholesterol levels and prevent buildup in your arteries.

Self, 60, missed the Big 12 tournament last week after undergoing a procedure to treat blocked arteries in his heart.